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Multi-completely monotone functions
Consider a $C^{\infty}$ nonnegative function $f(x,y,z)$, $x,y,z>0$ and let $\lambda f(\lambda x, \lambda y,\lambda z) \equiv f(z,y,z)$ for any $\lambda > 0$ (positive homogenity). Define
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Neglect of Compact Quantum Metric Spaces [closed]
Does anyone have an opinion on Rieffel's theory of compact quantum metric spaces? To me it seems to be a very interesting new area of mathematics. It shows how to generalise complicated geometric ...
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relationship between different function classes
I was wondering if there is a survey of relationship between several different well-studied function classes ?
ps - The question may be vague but I am looking for something along the lines of - http:/...
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Do the translates of integrable function approximate its radial part?
For an integrable function $f$ on $\mathbb R^n$ we consider its ``radial'' part
$$R(f)(x)=\int_{\mathrm{SO}(n)} f(kx)dk.$$ What is the minimal condition on $f$ so that the span of translates of $f$ (...
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Eigenvalues of a Parametrized Family of Linear Functions
Suppose that we have a family of linear functions $L(\alpha) : \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$, where $\alpha$ is a positive real number.
For each $\alpha$, it is given that $L(\alpha)$ is a ...
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vibrations of higher dimensional drums
The solutions of the wave equation for a circular drum with fixed boundary are well known. What do the solutions look like for a spherical drum in three spatial dimensions? What about higher ...
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Differential equation with switched parameters and boundary conditions in integral form
Sorry for the title, I didn't find a better description (showing that I have no idea for the solution). Feel free to put in a better title and change the tags if you can grasp a view on the problem.
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Ways to decompose a torus for finite element method so that each cell contains a complete revolution of the major radius
I've got a finite element problem involving paths around the interior of a torus. For this particular problem I think I could make things more computationally efficient if each cell in the mesh made ...
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Is the metric obtained by altering the metric of a Hilbert space on a finite-dimensional subspace equivalent to the original one? [closed]
Suppose a Hilbert space W can be written as the direct sum (not necessarily orthogonal) of the closed subspaces H and V, where H is assumed to be of finite dimension. Define a new inner product via
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Asymptotics of quasilinear elliptic equations with Dirac right hand side
On a small open neighborhood $U$ of $0 \in \mathbb{R}^n$, consider the quasilinear (possibly monotone) elliptic, scalar PDE in divergence form
$$\nabla \cdot(a(x,u,\nabla u)\nabla u) = \alpha \...
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Lower semicontinuity of Bregman distances/divergences
For a Banach space $X$ and a convex functional $J:X \to [0,\infty]$ (i.e. with values in the extended reals), consider the associated Bregman distance: For $x,y\in X$ and $\xi\in\partial J(y)$:
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WLD Banach spaces
Does anyone know of an example of a weakly Lindeloff determined (WLD) Banach space which does not contain c_0 and is not weak Asplund? I believe the example of a WLD, non-weak Asplund space by Argyros ...
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A constrained prolongement
Let $\Omega$ be a domain of $R^n$, let $\omega$ be open subset of $\Omega$ and let $\theta \in W^{2,\infty}(\omega).$
I am wondering about the existence of a function $\tilde{\theta} \in W^{2,\infty}...
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Holomorphic stability of inverse limit of pre-$C^*$-algebras
Let A be a C*-algebra and let At be a set of dense *-subalgebras of A, stable under holomorphic functional calculus on A, which are also Banach algebras complete with respect to the norms ||$\cdot$||t....
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Local supporting points of Lipschitz functions
Let X be a separable reflexive Banach space and f:X\to\mathbb{R} be a
Lipschitz function. Say that a point x in X is a local supporting point
of f if there exist x^* in X^* and an open neighborhood U ...
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Uniqueness for solution of a d-dbar system related to Davey-Stewartson Solitons
This question concerns a system of equations that arise in the study of one-soliton solutions to the Davey-Stewartson equation.
In what follows, $f(z)$ denotes a function which depends smoothly (but ...
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quasinilpotence and finite spectrum II
Let A be a quasinilpotent operator on a Hilbert space and let every
operator of the algebra generated by $A$ and $A^{*}$ have finite
spectrum. Does then follow, that A is nilpotent ?
See also ...
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When can a perturbation be treated as a regular perturbation?
I am working with cauchy problem of the form
$$ ( - \partial_t + A^\delta) u^\delta = 0 , \qquad u^\delta(0,x) = h(x), $$
where the domain of $u^\delta$ is $[0,\infty) \times \mathbb{R}$. The ...
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Transformation from domains to half-spaces
In a paper I read, an elliptic boundary value problem
on a bounded domain D x (0,T) is solved by first transforming
it in a set of equations on half-spaces R^n and then applying
partial Fourier ...
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decay for spatially discrete parabolic equations with non-constant non-self-adjoint right hand side
Consider the following uniformly parabolic lattice differential equation
$ \begin{array}{ccc} \dot{u}_{n,m} & = & \alpha_{n,m}(u_{n+1,m} - u_{n,m}) + \beta_{n,m}(u_{n-1,m}-u_{n,m}) \\ & &...
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Generalizations of group algebras for arbitrary manifolds?
In the analysis of partial differential equations on Euclidean spaces, one of the most useful properties of the Fourier transform (and the related integral transforms) is that they take ...
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Generating cones having no surjections [in operator spaces]
Is this little toy known ?
Let $E$ be some Banach space, and let $K$ be the closed unit ball
of its dual, endowed with the weak-star topology. Also, let $j:E$ $\rightarrow$ $C(K)$
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Positive block matrices over tensor algebras
Let $A$ be a unital C*-algebra. A positive block matrix in $M_2(A)$ must have the form
$$ \begin{pmatrix} a & a^{1/2} x b^{1/2} \\ b^{1/2} x^* a^{1/2} & b \end{pmatrix}, $$
where $a,b$ are ...
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Regularity of reflection coefficients (or more generally the scattering transform)
Consider the Schrodinger operator $L(q) = -\partial_x^2 + q(x)$ where the potential $q$ is a real-valued function of a real variable which decays sufficiently rapidly at $\pm \infty$.
We define the ...
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elliptic system; bounds on $v$ when $u$ is small
I am interested in the following system
$-\Delta u = f(u,v) $
$-\Delta v = g(u,v)$ in $ \Omega$ a bounded domain in $ R^N$ with $ u=v=0$ on the boundary.
The solutions are smooth and positive. ...
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Square powers of hemicontinuous operators
Let H be an infinite dimensional real Hilbert space.
A [not necessarily linear] mapping of H into itself is said to be hemicontinuous if it is continuous from each line
segment of H to the weak ...
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Functional inequalities on neighbourhood graphs
Consider an open domain $\Omega \in \mathbb{R}^d$, say the unit disk in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with $N$ points sampled i.i.d. on it. One of the simplest possible (unnormalised) discrete Laplacian of a ...
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Representing a periodic strip operator as a tensor product of operators
I hope this question is not trivial, but here goes. I want to consider a bounded operator on $\mathcal{H}=\ell^2(\mathbb{Z}\times \{0,...,N-1\})$ that is a discrete Schrodinger like operator.
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Derivate involving Bessel function of second type
Let.
$$f := (x, y) \mapsto \text{BesselK}(1, c \cdot (a - b \cdot (x + y))) \cdot \exp(c \cdot b \cdot (y - x))$$
Is there a close formula for this $$\frac{\partial^{m+n}}{\partial y^m \partial x^n} f(...
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Comparison Principle for Courant Nodal Domain Theorem
Recall that Courant's Nodal domain gives an upper bound on the number of nodal domains of the $k$-th eigenfunction. I was wondering if it is possible to deduce some relation between the number of ...
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Finding a particular solution to a Lax pair on $[0, \infty)$ to solve $q_t + q_{xxx} + u(x)q = 0$ using the Fokas Method
I am trying to read through the paper titled IBV problems for linear PDEs with Variable Coefficients by P. A. Treharne and A. S. Fokas (link here).
This post is a follow up to my first that ...
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On constructing the canonical boundary operator for a given differential operator
Given an $n\times n$ matrix $$X=\begin{pmatrix}
x_{11} & x_{12} & \cdots & x_{1n} \\
x_{21} & x_{22} & \cdots & x_{2n} \\
\vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\
x_{n1}...
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Support of a function acting on an algebra?
Quick: for a measurable function $f$ its support on Euclidean space is clearly just the subset where $f$ does not vanish.
Now, let’s have $f$ acting on an finite Lie algebra, f.e. $\mathfrak{gl}$ as $...
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Projection measure and an integral formula for Lipschitz functions
Let $n\geq m\geq 0$ be integers and put $k=n-m$. Let $A\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be Borel measurable, we define the projection measure of $A$ as
$$\mu_k(A):=\underset{P_1, \ldots, P_r}{\sup_{A=A_1\sqcup\...
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On the I-method's energy increment calculation in a paper of Dodson
I am currently reading Dodson's Global Well-posedness for the Defocusing, Quintic Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation in One Dimension for Low Regularity Data article and I am trying to understand Theorem ...
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Kirszbraun-like extension of periodic functions
Let $\Lambda \subset \Lambda' \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be lattices. Let $f : \Lambda' \rightarrow \mathcal{H}$ be a $a$-Lipschitz function, where $\mathcal{H}$ is a finite-dimensional Hilbert Space. ...
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